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Liquid crystal alignment agent, film and display element

a technology of liquid crystal alignment agent and film, applied in the direction of optics, non-linear optics, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of inferior storage stability, large residual reactants, and insatiable pretilt angle stability, etc., and achieve the effect of improving alignment properties

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-07-22
CHI MEI CORP
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Benefits of technology

[0013]Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal alignment agent which has improved alignment properties.

Problems solved by technology

Although the liquid crystal alignment film formed from the conventional liquid crystal alignment agent formulated from polyamic acid or polyimide has good heat resistance, stability of the pretilt angle thereof is not satisfactory.
However, in addition to the expected polymer such as polyaspartamide, there is also contained a relatively large amount of residual reactants in the product.
Therefore, the liquid crystal alignment agent made from the polymer may have a problem of inferior storage stability.

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[0071]A 500 ml four-necked conical flask equipped with a nitrogen inlet, a stirrer, a heater, a condenser and a thermometer was purged with nitrogen, and was added with N,N′-4,4′-diphenylmethanebismaleimide (referred to as DPM-BMI hereinafter, 8.96 g, 0.025 mole) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (referred as to NMP hereinafter, 50 g). Stirring was conducted at room temperature (23-25° C.) until DPM-BMI was dissolved in NMP. P-phenylenediamine (referred to as PDA hereinafter, 2.57 g, 0.02375 mole), C7CDA (0.61 g, 0.00125 mole), glacial acetic acid (5 g), and NMP (27 g) were then added, and reaction was conducted for 24 hours at 100° C. The reaction solution was then poured into methanol (1500 ml) to precipitate a polymer. The polymer obtained after filtering was dried in a vacuum oven at 60° C. to obtain a polymer (A-1-1).

synthesis example 2

[0072]A 500 ml four-necked conical flask equipped with a nitrogen inlet, a stirrer, a heater, a condenser and a thermometer was purged with nitrogen, and was added with N,N′-m-phenylenebismaleimide (referred to as P-BMI hereinafter, 6.71 g, 0.025 mole) and NMP (50 g). Stirring was conducted at room temperature until P-BMI was dissolved in NMP. 4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane (referred to as DDM hereinafter, 3.97 g, 0.02 mole), BCDA (2.26 g, 0.005 mole), glacial acetic acid (5 g), and NMP (27 g) were then added, and reaction was conducted for 24 hours at 100° C. The reaction solution was then poured into methanol (1500 ml) to precipitate a polymer. The polymer obtained after filtering was dried in a vacuum oven at 60° C. to obtain a polymer (A-1-2).

synthesis example 3

[0073]A 500 ml four-necked conical flask equipped with a nitrogen inlet, a stirrer, a heater, a condenser and a thermometer was purged with nitrogen, and was added with DPM-BMI (8.96 g, 0.025 mole) and NMP (50 g). Stirring was conducted at room temperature until DPM-BMI was dissolved in NMP. 4,4′-diaminodiphenylether (referred to as ODA hereinafter, 4.00 g, 0.02 mole), a compound having the aforementioned formula (16) (referred as to VEDA hereinafter, 2.82 g, 0.005 mole), glacial acetic acid (5 g), and NMP (27 g) were then added, and reaction was conducted for 24 hours at 100° C. The reaction solution was then poured into methanol (1500 ml) to precipitate a polymer. The polymer obtained after filtering was dried in a vacuum oven at 60° C. to obtain a polymer (A-1-3).

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Abstract

A liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer and an organic solvent for dissolving the polymer. The polymer contains a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (I):wherein each of P and Q is a divalent organic group. The liquid crystal alignment agent has a viscosity in the range from 5 to 40 cps at 25° C.A liquid crystal alignment film made of the liquid crystal alignment agent and a liquid crystal display element including the liquid crystal alignment film are also disclosed.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority of Taiwanese Application No. 099120253, filed on Jun. 22, 2010.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention relates to a liquid crystal alignment agent, more particularly to a liquid crystal alignment agent having improved alignment properties. The invention also relates to a liquid crystal alignment film formed from the liquid crystal alignment agent, and a liquid crystal display element including the liquid crystal alignment film.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]A liquid crystal display element is widely used in a screen of a computer, a viewfinder of a camera, a projection display, a television screen, or the like.[0006]Nematic liquid crystal display elements are predominantly used in general liquid crystal display elements, and concrete examples of the nematic liquid crystal display elements actually used include: (1) a TN (Twisted Nematic) liquid crystal di...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G02F1/1337C08L79/08C08G73/12
CPCG02F1/133723C08L79/085C08G73/12
Inventor HSUEH, HUAI-PIN
Owner CHI MEI CORP